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A.Word.A.Day--biennial biennial (bi-EN-ee-uhl) adjective 1. Happening every two years. 2. Lasting two years. 3. Taking two years to complete its life cycle. noun 1. An event occurring once in two years. 2. A plant that takes two years to complete its life cycle, such as beet and carrot. [From biennium (a two-year period), from Latin bi- (two) + annus (year).] "Qatar is known nowadays chiefly as home of al-Jazeera, Osama bin Laden's favourite television station. But next weekend the Gulf state will host hundreds of trade ministers and officials at the biennial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)." A Deal at Doha?, The Economist (London), Nov 3, 2001. This week's theme: words that appear misspelling of everyday words. X-Bonus The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things. -Plato, philosopher (427-347 BCE)

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